Wagon



I. F. BROWN.

'WAGON (No Model.)

Patented Sept. 22, 1896. t

v- ---------llllllll the following is a specification, reference beforpeddlers use, and has for its object the axles, bringing the foot-boardsof the box in herein set out, whereby the objects of myin:

, Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon con draw will be as easy aswith wagons con-.

.the front spring; '5, the stock; j, an iron or NrrEf STATES AENT rrrcn.

WAGON.

srnerrrcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,961, datedSeptember 22, 1896.

, Application filed August 1, 1893.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that I,IRA F. BROWN, acitizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Palmer, in the county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Wagons,of which ing had to the accompanying drawings andletters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates especially to wagons production of a wagon whereinthe body or a portion thereof is low down or is below the a sufficientlylow position to enable a person to easily enter or leave the samewithout the employment of a step, and wherein the structed in theordinary way with the box or body floor level or above the axle, and awagon which, while the box or a portion thereof is arranged to besuspended ne'ar'the ground, will not be subjected to the severe strainresulting from the construction heretofore employed, and a wagon alsowherein the requisite spring of the front axle to produce a short turnof the wagon-be had; and my invention consists in the construction andarrangement vention are attained.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate like parts,

structed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View in section, onan enlarged scale, of the front portion of the wagon-body, illustratingmy arrangement; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the circle orsupporting-plate and the triangular-shaped plate upon which the circlerest-s, all as seen from above, the body being broken away.

In detail (6 indicates the wagon bo'dy; l), the front axle; c, the rearaxle; d, the frame of the front portion of the body; e, the semicircularmetal plate secured thereto; f, the triangular-shaped plate; {7, thehead-block; h,

brace Z, a jointed reach; mand n, eyebolts, and o p springs.

- I construct the body-as shown in thedrawings, the central orintermediate portion being constructed to reach near the ground, so

Serial No. 482,108. (No model.)

that a person may with the greatest ease entcr or leave the same. Therunning-gear may be of the ordinary construction.

'Upon the lower face-of the front portion of the body I mount thecircular metal plate e, the same being securely fastened to the frarnework of the body.

.flust below the plate 0 I mount the triangular-shaped metal plate f,the same being pivotally secured to the framework of the body at a pointnear the downwardly-projecting body portion and being provided at itsfront portion with a lip t, which overhangs the circleand preventsseparation of the parts.

The support between the front axle and the body (in this instance theordinary headstock, spring, and stock) is secured rigidly to the frontbar f of the triangularly-shaped plate f and to the axle, so that if theaxle be turned to the right or left, instead of swinging on a smallcircle having axle center for its pivotal point, and thus quicklybringing the forward wheels against the body and greatly limitingcapacity of the wagon, to turn in a limited area, the pivotal point inthe back at the point of connection between the vertex of the triangularplate f and the body, thus giving the front axle and the wheels a swingupon a large circle whose pivotal point or centeris at the point stated,thus greatly increasing the capacity of the wagon to be readily turnedin a space of small area.

The portion of the plate f in contact with the circular plate e givesthe body ample support. In the construction illustrated the head-block gis secured to the lower face of thebase portion of the triangular platef, and the front spring h is secured to the headblock and to the stocki, the stock in turn be ing secured to the front axle. To give rigidityand strength to the body, I secure an iron plate j to the drop portionof the body at the front, and on the inside of the same portion I securea right-an gle brace 70. If now no other connection were made than asbefore stated between the body and. axle, there would be an undue strainon these parts, and an even draw would not result. To.overcometheseobjections, I employ a jointed reach Z, one end of which is secured tothe front axle or stock and the other end to the depending portion ofthe body, and I prefer that this connection be made by the employment ofthe eyebolts m and n, whose bodies project through the material and arefastened in place by nuts. This construction, it will be readily seen,will prevent undue strain on the parts above the axle and will insure aneven and uniform draw and avoid the racking which would result were thewhole strain placed upon the construction at the top.

To take up slack motion, I prefer to mount springs 0 and p on theeyebolts between the eye or link of the reach and part to which the boltis attached, thus cushioning the reach and preventing jar and unduerattling and taking up the slack resulting from rear.

The rear portion of the body is supported in the usual manner. The reachis arranged normally to pitch slightly upwardly from the axle, so thatwhen the body is lowered the 20 lowering of the end of the reachattached tothe body will not operate to force the \axle outwardly anappreciable distance, and with anordinary load the reach will behorizontal or pitched slightly downward from the axle.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, in a wagon, of front and rear ruining-gear, a bodyarranged thereon having its central portion depending as shown, thefront end of the body being supported on and directly over the axle, areach connecting the axle withthe depending portion, said reach, at bothends thereof, having a pivotal connection to vibrate either horizontallyor vertically, and springs at both ends of the reach for taking up slackmotion thereof, substantially as described.

- IRA F. BROWN. Witnesses:

\ ALLEN WEBSTER,

E. O. STICKNEY.

